Julia Carpi

Jan 10, 2025 | boston.com | Julia Carpi

There’s something about a cup of liquid chocolate that makes winter feel a little less cold. While a hot beverage might not fix everything during Boston’s chilly season, it can certainly warm up your hands on the way to work. Wind chills and dropping temperatures call for a steaming cup of liquid chocolate. Whether you like your hot cocoa Belgian-style, thick and bitter, or prefer a classic no-fills option, we’ve rounded up five spots in the Boston area worth checking out this season.

Jan 10, 2025 | boston.com | Julia Carpi

The Middlesex Sheriff’s Office has just become the first in the state of Massachusetts to install a naloxone vending machine, Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian announced Thursday. The machine was installed at the Middlesex Jail & House of Correction in Billerica, making the opioid overdose reversal medication free to all visitors and staff of the facility. More than 25,000 visits have been processed at the facility in the past two years.

Jan 9, 2025 | boston.com | Julia Carpi

A man killed his pregnant wife, two children, and then himself in their home in West Greenwich, Rhode Island, according to authorities. Police found the bodies of Nicholas Arruda, 39, Danielle Arruda, 39, and their two children Adele, 5, and Felex, 2, when doing a well-being check. A coworker of Danielle Arruda called local police Friday, Jan. 3 at approximately 9:50 a.m. to express concern after Arruda had missed several days of work.

Jan 9, 2025 | boston.com | Julia Carpi

Tickets are now available for Boston Calling 2025, but some readers are questioning if it’s even worth going this year. The headliners are less cohesive than years past, featuring country stars like Luke Combs and Megan Maroney, alongside alt-rock artists Fall Out Boy and Avril Lavigne, and then there’s Dave Matthews Band and Vampire Weekend. The supporting performances also span genre and decade, with performances from TLC, Sublime, Sheryl Crow, The Black Crowes, and Remi Wolf.

Jan 8, 2025 | boston.com | Julia Carpi

For former Mansfield resident Elisabeth Foley, June 7, 2024, began as an ordinary beach day on the Gulf Coast of Florida — and quickly turned into a battle for her life. As on the previous three days, Foley, 51, went for a swim with her husband and three children. Suddenly, only about chest-deep in the water, Foley saw a submarine-like mass approach her from underneath the surface. “The flight or flight took action in my body and I started swimming toward the shore,” Foley told Boston.com.